Didn't wanna have to do it
Didn't wanna have to break your heart
Didn't wanna have to do it
I tried to stop it from the very start
But you kept on a-tryin'
And I knew you'd end up a-cryin'
And I knew I didn't wanna have to do it at all, at all, at all

Didn't wanna have to do it
Didn't wanna have to be the one to say it
Didn't wanna have to do it
I kept a-hopin' somethin' would delay it again, again, again
But, then, no, I –
Didn't wanna have to be the one to say "the end," "the end," "the end"

Was a time that I thought we could fly
And never, never fall
Why should you suppose we were really ever meant
To be close to each other at all, at all, at all?

Didn't wanna have to do it
Didn't wanna have to be the one to say it
Didn't wanna have to do it
Kept a-hopin' somethin' would delay it again, again, again
But, then, no, I –
Didn't wanna have to be the one to say "the end," "the end," "the end"
Didn't wanna have to do it
Didn't wanna have to be the one to say it
Didn't wanna have to do it
Kept a-hopin' somethin' would delay it again, again, again
But, then, nooo, I –
Didn't wanna have to be the one to say "the end," "the end," "the end,"
"The end"... "the end"... "the end"